The Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital is a full-service

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community

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located at 3001 Hospital Gate in Oakville,

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. It offers a comprehensive range of primary and secondary care services in addition to some tertiary services. It is operated by Halton Healthcare, an organization which also operates

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and Milton District Hospital. The hospital is supported by the Oakville Hospital Foundation and the Oakville Hospital Volunteer Association which raises funds to purchase equipment for the hospital. The new hospital was opened in 2015 and the hospital is affiliated with the

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History

The hospital was designed by Parkin Architects and

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and built by a joint venture of

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and

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. On December 13, 2015 the hospital moved from 327 Reynolds Street (now Oakville Trafalgar Community Centre) to 3001 Hospital Gate near Dundas Street and Third Line.

Patient statistics

OTMH has more than 15,000 inpatients each year, while over 240,000

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s visit its outpatient areas. There are 2,300 births a year. The hospital's busy 24-hour

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experiences more than 70,000 visits annually.

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